My sore bodies

If you wake up breathing, it's a good day - so make the most if it.





Today i decided that i was not doing much of anything, my bones and muscles are so sore. Thought i would work it all out by now. So vegging in the recliner more today.
Did go to Costco today to pick up my meds and another container of plants, that will have to wait till tomorrow tho.
Tittertat stayed at the vets till 1:30 pm he still had not gone pee, they told me that they were going to send him home at that time. so we went and picked him up and they told me that i have to collect the urine. So they said to take saran wrap and put it over his litter box, or get what they use, these plastic balls that won't absorb the urine, well that is what they were using, no wonder he wasn't going in that.
We brought some home , $4 bucks for a cup of the stuff, well we get home and cleaned out the litter box, put him and the box in the bathroom. No way was he having anything to do with those plastic balls. So i told Nevada to get the litter and we would try putting the saran wrap over the litter, Well Titters decided that he was not waiting any longer, he was home and he was busting to take a leak. so on the floor he went, said with loud moans "i have waited long enough"! I yelled at Nevada to get the syringe so i can scoop it up. Hurray!!!!!!! at long last PEEEEEEEEE! has come out of him.
So we rushed it back to the vets, now all we have to do is wait for the results.
Another $50 bucks. Nice thing is they didn't charge us for the over night stay.
Well that is the excitement of our day.

Planting Day

Today we did some planting,the weather was perfect, not too hot, just a nice cool breeze which i like because i don't do hot, or too cold. Yesterday we went to Costco and bought 4 big trays of plants. Around here you have to be careful to not plant too early, as the weather can change in a heart beat. Like yesterday morning here it was 33 degrees, in LaPine it was 28 so i am sure they had to do some coverings of plants there.
It has been a couple of yrs since we did much planting around here. With Nevada not in good health the last couple of springs. So this time we decided that we better do something as i really do miss my flowers.

My waterfall sort of got the lip broke so Nevada put a rock under it, also found that it has a leak in the bottom of the top pond, so he is waiting for it to dry out so he can patch it. We used to have another waterfall, that had a stream coming down were the rocks are but it got to be too much to take care of, the outside wall were the motel sign shows, also was a waterfall and that too came to an end, had to fill it about 3 times a day, the winds were not very kind to having a water fall.
The other waterfall with the lattice is right by my door to the house, I love to listen to it in the summer time when i have the screen door open.
Tomorrow we will go get more plants. But i have to rest my sore body, didn't know i had so many places that hurt.
Around the wall we are going to put some lights on to show up more at night, hopefully they all still work.

Today we also had to take Tittertat back to the vet so that they could check his urine, dropped him off this morning, by closing time they called and said that he still has not peed, so they were going to keep him over night and hopefully by morning he would pee. Boy i just can't believe he went all day without peeing.

The heart of Chianti is Montefioralle

The town was originally called Monteficalle. It is situated on a hilltop facing the Greve valley, surrounded by vineyards, olive groves and cypresses. Parts of the ancient walls are still visible, while the small streets are marked by old homes, a donjon, and several towers.



The ancient village and castle of Montefioralle were an important stronghold during the wars between Florence and Siena. A house in the circular main street of Montefioralle is pointed out as the birth-place of Amerigo Vespucci. The doorway is identified by the wasp ("vespa") and V of the Vespucci family.




In 1250 it became the headquarters of the League of the Greve Valley. The town was once endowed with two sets of walls. It had an octagonal shape with four gates. With the fall of the Sienese Republic, Montefioralle lost its prior importance and most of its inhabitants moved to Greve. We advise you to visit the church of Santo Stefano and the parish church of Montefioralle.




It is an easy 20 minute up-hill walk from Greve and provides you with lots of picture spots, silence and landscape typical of this area. From Montefioralle, there is an interesting hike along the back roads to Panzano. Situated in the hills above Greve in Chianti, it is noted for the one street that completely encircles the church of S. Stefano (inside an interesting 13th century Madonna and 14th and 16th century Florentine paintings): a simple building is traditionally indicated as the house of Amerigo Vespucci. The church of S. Cresci can also be visited close by.

Montefioralle, which originally belonged to the Buondelmonti and Ricasoli families, began life as a fortification that could have hosted a sizable garrison (as well as refugees from the surrounding countryside in times of war), with a central keep and thick walls that now contain houses.